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with romney moving ahead in virginia in one poll. >> how are you? >> reporter: team owe what tells us the president will go after romney on his tax cut plans and his ideas for winding down the war in afghanistan. in tuesday's debate, audience members will ask the questions in the town hall format. >> he's got to be able to go on offense without being offensive to the audience. he's got to go on offense and defend his vision, his path to where he'd take the country in the second term. >> i had a debate about a week ago. i did enjoy myself. >> reporter: as for romney, who is energized by the momentum and bigger crowds he's seen since the debate. our debate coach says, keep it up. >> i can't imagine he would get overconfident. he needs to do much of the same he did in the first debate. >> reporter: the big face-off set for tuesday night. the owe what campaign just announced it has more than 4 million donors this cycle. that's a presidential record. >> thank you, david. >>> let's bring in jake tapper for more. he's in washington filling in for george st
with romney moving ahead in virginia in one poll. >> how are you? >> reporter: team owe what tells us the president will go after romney on his tax cut plans and his ideas for winding down the war in afghanistan. in tuesday's debate, audience members will ask the questions in the town hall format. >> he's got to be able to go on offense without being offensive to the audience. he's got to go on offense and defend his vision, his path to where he'd take the country in the...
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a new poll finds president obama with 47%. mitt romney, 46%. still a dead heat. now president obama gets the ball. three things he has to score, our political team is covering it all tonight. we start with jake tapper right there in charlotte. >> reporter: good evening. president obama will not only be competing with mitt romney's convention here. he'll also be competing with memories of his own convention four years ago and all the promise he then seemed to represent. >> first lady michele obama came to the podium this afternoon to prepare for her speech tomorrow night. her husband, at a labor day celebration in ohio, took credit for saving the u.s. auto industry. >> i believed in you, i bet on you, and because of that bet, three years later, that bet is paying off for america! >> reporter: it's a line that begins to answer the classic question from ronald reagan in 1980. >> are you better off than you were four years ago? >> reporter: over the weekend, top obama aides and supporters struggled to answer that question. >> are we where we need to be? no. >> we hav
a new poll finds president obama with 47%. mitt romney, 46%. still a dead heat. now president obama gets the ball. three things he has to score, our political team is covering it all tonight. we start with jake tapper right there in charlotte. >> reporter: good evening. president obama will not only be competing with mitt romney's convention here. he'll also be competing with memories of his own convention four years ago and all the promise he then seemed to represent. >> first lady...
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he knows his performance could blunt romney's move in the polls. the stage is being set in new york. the ring, if you will, for the next debate round. >> i think the stakes are enormous, particularly for the president. >> reporter: round one went to romney. the second round, biden got obama back in the fight, even if his overall debate with ryan was a draw. now, with round three just days away, this morning the candidates are in their corners. mitt romney in boston. the president in williamsburg, virginia taking three days off the campaign trail, not for golf, but debate practice. that's because after his first debate, the president watched the polls tighten in key battleground states with romney even moving ahead in virginia in one poll. >> how are you? >> reporter: team obama tells us the president will go after romney on his tax cut plans and his ideas for winding down the war in afghanistan. but in tuesday's debate, it will be audience members who will be asking the questions in the town hall format. >> he's got to be able to go on offense with
he knows his performance could blunt romney's move in the polls. the stage is being set in new york. the ring, if you will, for the next debate round. >> i think the stakes are enormous, particularly for the president. >> reporter: round one went to romney. the second round, biden got obama back in the fight, even if his overall debate with ryan was a draw. now, with round three just days away, this morning the candidates are in their corners. mitt romney in boston. the president in...
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obama 47, romney, 46. another daily pole that showed a convention bounce pushing romney -- a tie, 45 even. >> our power house political team covering it all tonight and bee start with david kerley. >> the president is appealing to his core groups in those all-important battleground stalts. just a couple of hours ago, a college campus in colorado. for both sides, their messages are coming into focus. >> reporter: the president told the students the republican convention was selling outdated economic ideas. >> an agenda that was better suited for the last century. it was a rerun. it could have been on nick at night. [ laughter ] we've seen it before. you might as well have watched it on a black and white tv with some rabbit ears. >> reporter: mitt romney was on the attack too, with his first weekend of college football providing a metaphor. >> one of the promises he made, he was going to create more jobs. today 23 million people are out of work or stopped looking for work or underemployed. let me tell you, i
obama 47, romney, 46. another daily pole that showed a convention bounce pushing romney -- a tie, 45 even. >> our power house political team covering it all tonight and bee start with david kerley. >> the president is appealing to his core groups in those all-important battleground stalts. just a couple of hours ago, a college campus in colorado. for both sides, their messages are coming into focus. >> reporter: the president told the students the republican convention was...
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this evening, gallup's tracking poll has obama at 49%, romney, 44%, the president there opening a five-point lead, but that lead is still razor thin, and the romney campaign knows it. so tonight we hear something from governor romney. after repeatedly saying he'd repeal obama care, now we learn what parts of the president's law he likes. with 58 days to go now as "your voice, your vote," and abc's david kerley at the white house tonight. >> reporter: it is mitt romney's mantra, repeated nearly daily. >> we're going to get rid of obama care. we're going to stop it on day one. we're going to replace it with something better. >> reporter: so this morning, surprise when it sounded like the republican was changing positions. >> i'm not getting rid of all of health care reform. of course, there are a number of things that i like in health care reform that i'm going to put in place, one is to make sure that those with pre-existing conditions can get coverage. >> reporter: and allowing families to cover their children indefinitely. a shift in position? no, says the romney campaign. romney wants to r
this evening, gallup's tracking poll has obama at 49%, romney, 44%, the president there opening a five-point lead, but that lead is still razor thin, and the romney campaign knows it. so tonight we hear something from governor romney. after repeatedly saying he'd repeal obama care, now we learn what parts of the president's law he likes. with 58 days to go now as "your voice, your vote," and abc's david kerley at the white house tonight. >> reporter: it is mitt romney's mantra,...
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. >> reporter: a poll showed romney with a slight lead after the republican convention, it now shows the two are tied, with two months until election day. >> in tampa, paul ryan asked the question, why should the next four years be any different from the last four without new leadership. barack obama has to answer that question. >> reporter: while democrats celebrate this week, mitt romney will spend the week preparing for the upcoming debate. rob and paula, back to you. >> such a close race. those debates in october could be critical. brandi hitt in charlotte for us. she'll be there all week. >>> and some other political notes this morning. president obama is reacting to clint eastwood's odd appearance at last week's republican convention. telling "usa today" that he's still a huge eastwood fan and shrugging off the bit where eastwood talked to an empty chair. the president says if you're easily offended, you should probably choose another profession. >>> this 25-foot sand sculpture is drawing attention in charlotte. it's landlocked, almost 200 miles from the ocean. so the 15 tons o
. >> reporter: a poll showed romney with a slight lead after the republican convention, it now shows the two are tied, with two months until election day. >> in tampa, paul ryan asked the question, why should the next four years be any different from the last four without new leadership. barack obama has to answer that question. >> reporter: while democrats celebrate this week, mitt romney will spend the week preparing for the upcoming debate. rob and paula, back to you....
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the latest polls show gingrich losing some ground in the state. >> despite his lead mitt romney is not letting up in his attacks on gingrich. abc's jonathan karl reports from the sunshine state. >> reporter: newt gingrich may be sliding in the polls here, but he attracted an overflow crowd to the village's town center in central florida. gingrich is trying to climb back with some of his harshest words yet for mitt romney. >> and i believe the republican party will not nominate a pro-abortion, pro-gun control, pro-tax increase moderate from massachusetts. they will not nominate somebody who raises millions from wall street to run ads that are false. >> reporter: for his part romney essentially called gingrich a sore loser. >> he's on tv this morning going from station to station complaining about what he thinks are the reasons he's had difficulty here in florida. i think for each of us if we fail somewhere, if we fail in a debate or we fail to get the support of people it's time to look in the mirror. >> reporter: but the story of this campaign in florida is largely a story of big money
the latest polls show gingrich losing some ground in the state. >> despite his lead mitt romney is not letting up in his attacks on gingrich. abc's jonathan karl reports from the sunshine state. >> reporter: newt gingrich may be sliding in the polls here, but he attracted an overflow crowd to the village's town center in central florida. gingrich is trying to climb back with some of his harshest words yet for mitt romney. >> and i believe the republican party will not nominate...
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take a look at our own poll. 52% of americans, registered voters, view romney unfavorably. this is something we have simply never seen so high an favorable rating for something this point in the election. >> 50%. a lot of bruises there from his opponents on his own team. what does he do about it? >> tomorrow he is going to be with president george h.w. bush. so the grand -- the former president will be with him, endorsing him, not just endorsing him but sending a message to gingrich and santorum and to the others that it's time for the republican in-fighting to stop. they have to unify behind romney. >> we will see if the patriarch gets it done. thanks so much, jon. good to have you here in new york. >>> now we go to cuba where two lions on the world stage sat together. pope benedict, 84 years old, a symbol of hope for catholics across the globe. and fidel castro, 85. the fiery but ailing champion of communism. abc's global affairs anchor christiane amanpour is in havana tonight and tells us about it. christiane? >> reporter: well, they joked about their age with the pope t
take a look at our own poll. 52% of americans, registered voters, view romney unfavorably. this is something we have simply never seen so high an favorable rating for something this point in the election. >> 50%. a lot of bruises there from his opponents on his own team. what does he do about it? >> tomorrow he is going to be with president george h.w. bush. so the grand -- the former president will be with him, endorsing him, not just endorsing him but sending a message to gingrich...
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at least that mitt romney hasn't been able to capitalize on the economy right now. do you think that he could do that with foreign policy? >> that's right. the president is facing a lot of questions of the american ambassador chris stevens in benghazi. >> going to be something. thank you so much. >>> don't forget to watch "this week" later this morning. george's guests will include chris christie and david plouffe. >>> tune in wednesday of special coverage of one-on-one the candidates debate. at 9:00 p.m. eastern. >> george and diane hosting the debate wednesday night. >>> an embarrassing week for airport screeners. now, more ominously two incidents of loaded guns making it through the x-ray machines undetected. >> good morning to you, dan. frequent travelers complain about evasive skreerng procedures. many travelers on edge and worried about their safety. a long line of high-profiled security blunders of tsa came to a head on friday, when a lo loaded.38 caliber gun went undetected by screeners. he mistakenly took it with him on a flight from new orleans to newark.
at least that mitt romney hasn't been able to capitalize on the economy right now. do you think that he could do that with foreign policy? >> that's right. the president is facing a lot of questions of the american ambassador chris stevens in benghazi. >> going to be something. thank you so much. >>> don't forget to watch "this week" later this morning. george's guests will include chris christie and david plouffe. >>> tune in wednesday of special...
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. >> reporter: romney's unfavorable rating in our newest poll going up, 46%, instead of going down. >> i'm mitt romney. and it's an honor. >> reporter: after 32 hours of debates. >> if i'm president, i will -- >> mitt romney doesn't need a plan. he needs a personality. and the problem that he has is the people just don't connect to him. what we know is that when voters go to cast a ballot for president, they do a gut-check. they say, do i like this guy? do i trust this guy? >> reporter: a key romney adviser has told me that he often connects like this, at town hall meetings like these. but political observers say he needs more moments like these. and that particular reporter would seem to agree, diane. he told me at the town hall that he purposely wore that shirt with the flag draped across the front of it to try to get the governor's attention to ask that question. how are you going to show your heart? how are you going to get more of an emotional response out here on the trail? >> we'll see if there's a new message to come. thank you, daid. >>> and from the race to the white house t
. >> reporter: romney's unfavorable rating in our newest poll going up, 46%, instead of going down. >> i'm mitt romney. and it's an honor. >> reporter: after 32 hours of debates. >> if i'm president, i will -- >> mitt romney doesn't need a plan. he needs a personality. and the problem that he has is the people just don't connect to him. what we know is that when voters go to cast a ballot for president, they do a gut-check. they say, do i like this guy? do i trust...
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and last night we told you about the latest gallup polling showing president obama and mitt romney in a very tight race here with the president opening up his biggest lead since april. take a look at the closest numbers from the battleground states. in florida, the president up by four. in ohio up by 9. i want to bring in abc senior washington editor rick klein tonight. rick, you and i were talking about the concerted effort by team obama to talk about mitt romney's tenure at bain capital in each of those battlegrounds. listen to this. >> thousands of workers lost jobs, benefits and pensions. but for every company he drove into the ground, romney averaged a $92 million profit. >> for peopling watching from those battlegrounds they know it already and can't escape it. the question, is it working, rick? >> that's right. we don't hear about the story so much nationally but voters in those battleground states are being bombarded with messages like this one about mitt romney's time at bain. there's sort of parallel campaign playing out in the eight or nine swing states. there democrats are
and last night we told you about the latest gallup polling showing president obama and mitt romney in a very tight race here with the president opening up his biggest lead since april. take a look at the closest numbers from the battleground states. in florida, the president up by four. in ohio up by 9. i want to bring in abc senior washington editor rick klein tonight. rick, you and i were talking about the concerted effort by team obama to talk about mitt romney's tenure at bain capital in...
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do you agree that number has to get better for governor romney? >> yeah, and it will, and it is already because i think our answer is, i think our story and our message is that there is nothing more important in the hispanic community than leaving your children better off than yourselves. >> reporter: you say that "our" message is. i was struck by the word, "our." do you think you would help governor romney if it were a romney/rubio ticket? >> when i mean ours, the conservative republican message. i'm not discussing the vice presidential thing. not that i'm trying to to be evasive, but out of respect for governor romney. >> reporter: got to be thinking about it, we heard the freudian slip. >> three, four, five years now if i do a good job as vice president -- i'm sorry. [ laughter ] >> that wasn't a freudian slip when they ask you so much about the title, eventually, it's going to sneak its way through your commentary. >> reporter: rubio's new memoir out tomorrow, he celebrates his parent, cuban immigrants who fought for a better life for their ch
do you agree that number has to get better for governor romney? >> yeah, and it will, and it is already because i think our answer is, i think our story and our message is that there is nothing more important in the hispanic community than leaving your children better off than yourselves. >> reporter: you say that "our" message is. i was struck by the word, "our." do you think you would help governor romney if it were a romney/rubio ticket? >> when i mean...
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newt gingrich had a fleeting moment at the top until a barrage of negative ads sent his poll numbers into a free fall. >> more baggage than the airlines. >> reporter: behind many of the ads, one of those shadow groups, a super pac run by one of his wealthiest supporters comparing it to john kerry being swift-boated. >>> gingrich support has fallen off. >> reporter: because of the negative ads? >> i think the reason for his decline across the country and in new hampshire is something he can address. >> reporter: and then romney's recent one-liners comparing newt gingrich's failure to get on the ballot to lucille ball in the chocolate factory and in just the past 24 hours comparing president obama's campaign promises to kim kardashian's wedding. >> i think the gap between his promises and his performance is the largest i've seen, well, since the kardashian wedding. >> reporter: are you coming up with these lines? are you getting help with these? >> sometimes people offer a significance to me. sometimes they were my own. my favorite was the i love lucy line. >> reporter: how about the k
newt gingrich had a fleeting moment at the top until a barrage of negative ads sent his poll numbers into a free fall. >> more baggage than the airlines. >> reporter: behind many of the ads, one of those shadow groups, a super pac run by one of his wealthiest supporters comparing it to john kerry being swift-boated. >>> gingrich support has fallen off. >> reporter: because of the negative ads? >> i think the reason for his decline across the country and in new...
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when you look at the polling in those states right now, by 2 to 1, voters have a negative image of him in the private sector. they're trying to disqualify romney in the eyes of voters. >> quickly, another week, another name for vp, condi rice. >> big week for condi rice in the drudge report. i would be shocked to see it. i know that peggy noonan is shocked. >> lot of people talking. we'll know in the next few weeks. >> all right, george, thank you. join george later on this "this week." when he speaks to rahm emanuel and potential vice presidential nominee kelly ayotte. >>> this is turning out to be the summer of animal attack. incidents involving alligators, coyotes and even raccoons. this morning, the hunt is on for a great white shark that killed a suffer in australia. abc's john muller is covering the story. >> reporter: all right, dan, surfers and sharks always had an uneasy relationship. this year is like no other one on record. the latest victim, the fifth killed by a shark down under this year. surfing was his soul according to his girlfriend. the deadliest period on record thi
when you look at the polling in those states right now, by 2 to 1, voters have a negative image of him in the private sector. they're trying to disqualify romney in the eyes of voters. >> quickly, another week, another name for vp, condi rice. >> big week for condi rice in the drudge report. i would be shocked to see it. i know that peggy noonan is shocked. >> lot of people talking. we'll know in the next few weeks. >> all right, george, thank you. join george later on...
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. >> a new poll gives an edge to the president as mitt romney makes his surprising statement. it is monday, september 10th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> good monday morning, everybody. i'm rob nelson. >> 57 days, not till the weekend. >> till the election. >> i'm paula faris on this monday morning. we'll get to the latest in the race for president in just a moment. >>> also, this half hour eyes on the bad guys. the federal government is using some pretty high-tech methods to weed out potential terrorists as they go about their daily lives. but some say that it goes slightly too far. >>> plus, it was the defining moment of one of the highest profile trials in modern history. the glove that did not fit and the jury that did acquit. now the prosecutor in the o.j. simpson case says the defense actually pulled a fast one. who does not remember that moment and johnnie cochran's now famous quote on that. wow. >> yes, fascinates information. >>> and a top tennis player told to slim down or stay home. how she let her game speak for herself. >> exactly. tha
. >> a new poll gives an edge to the president as mitt romney makes his surprising statement. it is monday, september 10th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> good monday morning, everybody. i'm rob nelson. >> 57 days, not till the weekend. >> till the election. >> i'm paula faris on this monday morning. we'll get to the latest in the race for president in just a moment. >>> also, this half hour eyes on the bad...
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but for mitt romney, some are saying it is make or break. and for the president, leading in the polls, it's a matter of not letting his challenger back into the race. president obama travels to nevada this morning where he will spend the next three days in debate camp reportedly at this posh resort in henderson. and he heads into the debate with the latest gallup tracking poll still showing mr. obama holding a lead. this morning it's six points. >> this is the ball game for mitt romney right now because if he doesn't do well in this debate, it's going to be hard for him to get back in the race. >> reporter: both candidates have checklists. dos and don'ts for the debate. mitt romney has to avoid appearing detached, that he can't relate to average americans. his to-do list, the three cs, show some compassion, that he's competent and that he can, indeed, connect to voters. >> all three of those things, he suffered over the last couple of months, especially the last couple of weeks. this those three cs, that's where he's got to do really well. >
but for mitt romney, some are saying it is make or break. and for the president, leading in the polls, it's a matter of not letting his challenger back into the race. president obama travels to nevada this morning where he will spend the next three days in debate camp reportedly at this posh resort in henderson. and he heads into the debate with the latest gallup tracking poll still showing mr. obama holding a lead. this morning it's six points. >> this is the ball game for mitt romney...
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and a new poll tonight of likely republican voters showing a tightening race. mitt romney and ron paul on top, rick santorum in third place and surging, with newt gingrich and the other candidates trailing. abc's jonathan karl spent the weekend face to face with the candidates, and here's what they're saying on the eve of iowa. here's jon now from des moines. >> reporter: here's the candidate iowa is putting on the map. former senator rick santorum, campaigning today in iowa city. >> this is your chance, heartland. this is your chance, heartland of america, to speak out. >> reporter: until recently, santorum was ignored by his opponents and virtually invisible in the polls. now, nobody is rising faster. within striking distance of winning the iowa caucuses. he's done it the old fashioned way. spending more time traveling around the state and talking to voters than anybody else. we met up with him in marshalltown, iowa. >> i'm very confident we're going to do well, surprise a lot of people. >> reporter: santorum has been helped by the collapse of newt gingrich,
and a new poll tonight of likely republican voters showing a tightening race. mitt romney and ron paul on top, rick santorum in third place and surging, with newt gingrich and the other candidates trailing. abc's jonathan karl spent the weekend face to face with the candidates, and here's what they're saying on the eve of iowa. here's jon now from des moines. >> reporter: here's the candidate iowa is putting on the map. former senator rick santorum, campaigning today in iowa city....
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mitt romney makes five stops starting in florida. president obama makes three stops and then heads home to chicago. rob and paula. >> thank you, preeti. and it is kind of interesting. i don't know what's going on down in florida. you'd think with their dubious election history there in the sunshine state after 2000 -- we remember the debacle. you knew it was a tight rays, you knew both candidates were urging early voting. turnout was going to be strong. early voting. could have set record numbers this year. why weren't they better prepared to handle the rush. and why is the governor unlike his two republican predecessors not extending early voting there? why are we seeing scenes like that in florida? it's hard to believe. makes you wonder what is going on. >> plethora of nightmare scenarios why we may not know the results of this until a week, week and a half down the road. one of them is in florida. there's 27,000 absentee ballots in palm beach county that can't be read by voting machines because of a printing error, so now you're g
mitt romney makes five stops starting in florida. president obama makes three stops and then heads home to chicago. rob and paula. >> thank you, preeti. and it is kind of interesting. i don't know what's going on down in florida. you'd think with their dubious election history there in the sunshine state after 2000 -- we remember the debacle. you knew it was a tight rays, you knew both candidates were urging early voting. turnout was going to be strong. early voting. could have set record...
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this morning, the polls are all over the map. mitt romney is leading nationwide. the president is leading in some of the big battleground states. so, are we on the road to where one candidate could win the popular vote and the other win the electoral college? >> we're going to win this november. >> reporter: if you listen to the candidates, romney last night -- >> the obama campaign had become the incredible shrinking campaign. >> reporter: it sounds like a close race. the president with a new attack line. >> he's changing up so much, back-tracking and side-stepping. i think it's called romnesia. >> reporter: how do you explain this? the latest gallup poll showing mitt romney leading by six. a blowout, right? wrong. even the romney people don't believe that number. >> don't pay attention to just one poll. we don't have that much public data. the campaigns have a lot of information. we don't. >> reporter: we do have new state polls, showing that the president holds the lead in three critical states. iowa, wisconsin and most importantly, ohio, where both candidates
this morning, the polls are all over the map. mitt romney is leading nationwide. the president is leading in some of the big battleground states. so, are we on the road to where one candidate could win the popular vote and the other win the electoral college? >> we're going to win this november. >> reporter: if you listen to the candidates, romney last night -- >> the obama campaign had become the incredible shrinking campaign. >> reporter: it sounds like a close race....
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tonight, just 30 days to go, the biggest crowds yet for mitt romney, but the president fueled too by the lowest unemployment rate since he took office. tonight you new and eye-opening polls and after that comment during the debate, look who's talking. >> here now to comment, big bird. [ cheers and applause ] >> big bird, winging it. >>> and charged up. the daredevil once frozen in ice then buried alive now shocking himself, letting perfect strangers zap him. >>> good evening on this sunday night, and we do begin here with that deadly outbreak of meningitis. we learned late today it is quickly spreading all because of those steroid shots to the spine for patients who thought they were getting relief from their pain. just in the last 24 hours, at least 27 more people have become sick. that brings the total number of cases to 91. at least seven people have now died from this, and tonight in a troubling development, that massachusetts company that made that steroid shot is now recalling every single product it makes out of what it calls an abundance of caution. abc's mark greenblatt lead
tonight, just 30 days to go, the biggest crowds yet for mitt romney, but the president fueled too by the lowest unemployment rate since he took office. tonight you new and eye-opening polls and after that comment during the debate, look who's talking. >> here now to comment, big bird. [ cheers and applause ] >> big bird, winging it. >>> and charged up. the daredevil once frozen in ice then buried alive now shocking himself, letting perfect strangers zap him. >>>...
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even the romney people don't believe that number. >> don't pay attention to just one poll. we don't have that much public data. the campaigns have a lot of information. we don't. >> reporter: we do have new state polls, showing that the president holds the lead in three critical states. iowa, wisconsin and most importantly, ohio, where both candidates are spending a whole lot of time and money. the president with a new ad. >> without president obama's rescue of the auto industry, ohio would have collapsed. >> reporter: if the president can hold those three states, he will win the electoral college, even if mitt romney gets more votes. sound a little retro, like bush/gore 2000. when al gore got more votes but george bush became president. it is not probable, but it is possible again. >> as we know, the electoral college winner is the one who becomes president. >> reporter: just to give you a sense of how close the race is. the newspaper endorsements are starting to come out. down in orlando, in florida, the paper there went for obama four years ago. but now, they're going fo
even the romney people don't believe that number. >> don't pay attention to just one poll. we don't have that much public data. the campaigns have a lot of information. we don't. >> reporter: we do have new state polls, showing that the president holds the lead in three critical states. iowa, wisconsin and most importantly, ohio, where both candidates are spending a whole lot of time and money. the president with a new ad. >> without president obama's rescue of the auto...
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mitt romney seems to have some momentum, but our poll underscores a problem for him. a majority of likely voters continues to think a president romney would favor the wealthy rather than the middle class, 54%-33%. >> what he's selling is not a five-point plan. it's really just a one-point plan. folks at the top get to play with a different set of rules than you do. >> reporter: by contrast, 66% of voters think the president has done more to favor the middle class over the wealthy, and a majority says he better understands the economic problems people in this country are having, though some good news for romney. overall, he has a slight numerical edge in who voters trust to handle the economy. >> we cannot endure four more years, and that's why we're going to replace him in 18 days. >> reporter: the new poll highlights the largest gender gap we've seen yet in this election. the president has a 14-point lead among women. he's been fighting hard to keep them in his camp. >> when it comes to issues critical to women, governor romney wants to take us to policies more suite
mitt romney seems to have some momentum, but our poll underscores a problem for him. a majority of likely voters continues to think a president romney would favor the wealthy rather than the middle class, 54%-33%. >> what he's selling is not a five-point plan. it's really just a one-point plan. folks at the top get to play with a different set of rules than you do. >> reporter: by contrast, 66% of voters think the president has done more to favor the middle class over the wealthy,...
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so much at stake, as new polls show mitt romney closing the gap in key states. the president gave diane sawyer his advice for joe biden. >> i think joe just needs to be joe. >>> and breaking overnight, a body found. a grim discovery in the haunting case of what happened to 10-year-old jessica ridgeway. police ruling out her parents as suspects. now manhunt is on for a killer. >>> 30 days ago, i walked through these doors and i'm going home. i'm going home. >> homecoming. a huge milestone for robin on her road to recovery. finally leaving the hospital after weeks of grueling treatment. her doctors, friends and family cheer her on. and we have her message for everyone this morning. ♪ hey, hey oh, you feel it now ♪ amen, amen ♪ amen >> going home now! >> whoo! >>> and how is that for a start to the morning? [ applause ] wow. amen. amen, robin. we are so happy for you. everyone on team robin, so thrilled that you are finally home, waking up this morning, after so many weeks in the hospital. we're going to talk to robin's doctor, in just a little bit. we see th
so much at stake, as new polls show mitt romney closing the gap in key states. the president gave diane sawyer his advice for joe biden. >> i think joe just needs to be joe. >>> and breaking overnight, a body found. a grim discovery in the haunting case of what happened to 10-year-old jessica ridgeway. police ruling out her parents as suspects. now manhunt is on for a killer. >>> 30 days ago, i walked through these doors and i'm going home. i'm going home. >>...
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of romney's record in the private sector. and, you know, their whole strategy for the obama campaign right now is to try to disqualify mitt romney in the eyes of voters before those conventions. >> quickly, another week, another name, possible vp for mitt romney. condi rice. what are the odds? >> big week for condi rice in the drudge report. boy, i would be shocked. i know peggy noonan wants to see it but i would be absolutely shocked. she's pro choice. mitt romney has promised not to have a pro choice vice presidential candidate. i don't see him getting around that one. >> it has a lot of people talking. we'll know in the next few weeks. >> we'll talk about it this morning on "this week." >>> all right, george, thank you. be sure to join george later on this "this week" when he speaks exclusively to chicago mayor rahm emanuel and foerm white house chief of staff and potential vice presidential nominee senator kelly ayotte. dan? >> thanks, bianna. >>> this is turning out to be the summer of animal attack. we had incidents inv
of romney's record in the private sector. and, you know, their whole strategy for the obama campaign right now is to try to disqualify mitt romney in the eyes of voters before those conventions. >> quickly, another week, another name, possible vp for mitt romney. condi rice. what are the odds? >> big week for condi rice in the drudge report. boy, i would be shocked. i know peggy noonan wants to see it but i would be absolutely shocked. she's pro choice. mitt romney has promised not...
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polls have romney and the president in a dead heat. and he did give diane, also mitt romney, the first details for a search for a running mate. it has begun. >>> and it's the book that a lot of people have been talking about and reading on vacation and stuff like that. now, the writer behind the smash hit, "fifty shades of grey." is speaking out for the first time. >> are you going to give us a book report? >> it's not late enough in the morning to give a book report on that. >> your research is thorough and comprehensive. >> i have to have a better understanding. >> always well-prepared. >>> plus, speaking of hot and bothered -- >> whoa. all righty then, george. >> in the ballroom. that's not william levy right there, is it? >> it is. >> it is? >> because he has a shirt on you couldn't recognize him. >> exactly right. he was heating up the place. and how about the smooch? where is it? derek, he takes his shirt off, too. but not before -- are we going to see it? there it is. it was real. >> oh, my. oh, my. >> and it has everybody talki
polls have romney and the president in a dead heat. and he did give diane, also mitt romney, the first details for a search for a running mate. it has begun. >>> and it's the book that a lot of people have been talking about and reading on vacation and stuff like that. now, the writer behind the smash hit, "fifty shades of grey." is speaking out for the first time. >> are you going to give us a book report? >> it's not late enough in the morning to give a book...
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the latest abc news/"washington post" tracking polls shows president obama and mitt romney deadlocked at 48% among likely voters. for mitt romney, it's a final chance to appeal to his base especially in the all-important swing state of ohio. abc's david muir is with the romney team in cleveland. good morning, david. >> reporter: good morning, bianna. hard to believe 48 hours now until election day, and the battleground blitz continues for both campaigns. overnight mitt romney in front of an enormous audience in colorado and an emotional moment from his most powerful weapon on the trail, his wife, ann romney. overovernight in front of a crowd of more than 17,000, mitt romney in colorado in an all-out sprint to the finish. >> thank you very much, colorado. you guys are the best. >> reporter: in the last 24 hours both campaigns crisscrossing the country and both stopping in dubuque, iowa, and romney whose closing argument makes him the candidate that will reach across the aisle now asking supporters to reach across the street. >> i want you to reach across the street to the neighbor that
the latest abc news/"washington post" tracking polls shows president obama and mitt romney deadlocked at 48% among likely voters. for mitt romney, it's a final chance to appeal to his base especially in the all-important swing state of ohio. abc's david muir is with the romney team in cleveland. good morning, david. >> reporter: good morning, bianna. hard to believe 48 hours now until election day, and the battleground blitz continues for both campaigns. overnight mitt romney in...
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as florida goes to the polls. will it be the end of the road for newt gingrich if mitt romney wins big? is donald trump poised to jump back in? he joins us live. right here in times square. >>> rude awakening. a high-speed chase overnight ends with a car smashing right into the bedroom of this house. incredibly landing on top of a sleeping man. it took 90 minutes to free him. the video just coming in right now. >>> a mother's mystery. a young mom who abandoned her two little boys in a van for hours. hiking 12 miles into denver and says she can't remember a thing. her husband speaks out about what he says really happened. >>> and -- ♪ hey baby >> hey, baby, the beautiful boy it the birth tipped the scales at an astounding 14 pounds. we'll introduce you to not so little asher. the oversized infant you have to see to believe. >>> i love how the two daddies on the set go, oh, whoa. both of you were -- i loved the reactions. >> saw that story last night. 14 pounds at birth. the mom had no c-section, no epidural. i to
as florida goes to the polls. will it be the end of the road for newt gingrich if mitt romney wins big? is donald trump poised to jump back in? he joins us live. right here in times square. >>> rude awakening. a high-speed chase overnight ends with a car smashing right into the bedroom of this house. incredibly landing on top of a sleeping man. it took 90 minutes to free him. the video just coming in right now. >>> a mother's mystery. a young mom who abandoned her two little...
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. >> obama knows it's unpopular and romney knows that he was involved in the sort of early version of this in massachusetts. >> that cuts it to him, as well. >> so let me ask you about the latest poll numbers. in the gallup tracking poll we're seeing a little bit of an uptick for president obama. is this significant and if show what's driving it? >> the president had so much trouble in the beginning of june and we saw him drive right into a dead heat with romney. in the last ten days or so, you have seen some improvement in the president's position. one from that supreme court decision, that helps. number two, those ads that his allies have been running against mitt romney's record at bain capital, those are having an effect, as well. and what you're seeing now is the president is opening up a little bit of a lead especially in those key batt battleground states. dan, this thing is going right down to the wire. this is going to be close all the way. >> a full employment act for political reporters like george stephanopoulos and those bain ads, they really focus in the battleground sta
. >> obama knows it's unpopular and romney knows that he was involved in the sort of early version of this in massachusetts. >> that cuts it to him, as well. >> so let me ask you about the latest poll numbers. in the gallup tracking poll we're seeing a little bit of an uptick for president obama. is this significant and if show what's driving it? >> the president had so much trouble in the beginning of june and we saw him drive right into a dead heat with romney. in the...
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to put this in perspective, as you know, romney is polling about 26% with hispanics. four years ago, mccain had 31% and was still not enough to win. the romney campaign telling me, they know they have ground to make up here. >> he has to get the numbers up, david. >>> let's get more on the new strategy from abc's jon karl in washington. i like how politico summed up the new strategy, more mitt. >> reporter: that's right. and the bottom line, george, they have to get back on message. romney has lost control of his campaign over the last two weeks, not getting out his central message, which is the president has mishandled the campaign. and he has a plan to turn it around. here's what to look for. first of all, a much more aggressive campaign schedule. romney has been spending more time in closed fund-raisers than political rallies. that's about to change. florida today, a three-day bus tour throughout ohio with paul ryan. and a much sharper message in the advertising. believe it or not, the obama campaign has been outspending the romney campaign pretty dramatically over
to put this in perspective, as you know, romney is polling about 26% with hispanics. four years ago, mccain had 31% and was still not enough to win. the romney campaign telling me, they know they have ground to make up here. >> he has to get the numbers up, david. >>> let's get more on the new strategy from abc's jon karl in washington. i like how politico summed up the new strategy, more mitt. >> reporter: that's right. and the bottom line, george, they have to get back on...
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if mitt romney wins, as the polls suggest, he gets all of florida's gop delegates, all 50. and that's why the political battle between romney and gingrich has been especially intense. >> now character accusations, character assassinations. gingrich has fallen dramatically in the polls since nine days ago, when he actually led in florida. >> and a week ago we thought newt was going to be the guy. not looking good. >> the ups and downs. but the vetting is good, i guess. >>> also this morning, embarrassment for a pilot at denver's international airport. so how did a southwest airlines jet clip a light pole just outside the terminal? it led to a hassle for passengers and a big investigation for the cockpit crew. >> so many investigations of incidents at airports for the last year or so, which is kind of scary what goes on there. >>> also later this half hour, a medical technician in dallas wanted to test an mri machine. so he asked his best friend to get scanned to see if everything was working okay. what they discovered purely by accident led to a medical miracle. a wonderful,
if mitt romney wins, as the polls suggest, he gets all of florida's gop delegates, all 50. and that's why the political battle between romney and gingrich has been especially intense. >> now character accusations, character assassinations. gingrich has fallen dramatically in the polls since nine days ago, when he actually led in florida. >> and a week ago we thought newt was going to be the guy. not looking good. >> the ups and downs. but the vetting is good, i guess....
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but polls are showing that romney is gaining popularity. >> our latest poll shows an absolutely dead-heat. 48-48. that said, the president has been maintaining a lead in those battlegrounds. hurricane sandy, you had karl rove, president george w. bush's strategist saying that helped president obama over the last several days. they believe it blocked mitt romney's momentum and help burn ish his bipartisan credentials. >> is the die cast? >> it's pretty much cast with this one exception. they have to build excitement among their voters in these last 48 hours. it's all about turnouts. ohio, iowa and wisconsin. going with bruce springsteen in the final 48 hours. it's about building excitement. governor romney has been getting some pretty big crowds in florida and virginia. >> when do you think we'll know? a late, late night tuesday? >> no question it's going to be a late night tuesday. i think we're going to know. i think it's going to be clear enough even though it's shaping up to be the closest presidential race in history. >> the talking about how they have the historic power getting peopl
but polls are showing that romney is gaining popularity. >> our latest poll shows an absolutely dead-heat. 48-48. that said, the president has been maintaining a lead in those battlegrounds. hurricane sandy, you had karl rove, president george w. bush's strategist saying that helped president obama over the last several days. they believe it blocked mitt romney's momentum and help burn ish his bipartisan credentials. >> is the die cast? >> it's pretty much cast with this one...
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but most republican voters according to a new gallup poll out this morning don't want that. this is still pretty fanciful talk, isn't it? >> i think this is what republicans believe in -- beltway republicans believe in other than santa claus. this is not a serious issue, having a brokered convention where some savior candidate comes in. the nominee is in the race right now. it's a question of sorting out who that will be, probably still mitt romney. >> okay. jake tapper thanks very much. let's get the other stories from josh elliott. >> good morning to both of you. to all of you. >>> we're going to begin with what appears to be a deadly accident for the u.s. special operations troops. this morning, the pentagon confirms, a u.s. spy plane crashed in after over the weekend in the tiny country of djibouti. just six miles from the u.s. base. four special ops airmen based in florida were killed in the crash. they were returning from a mission supporting the war in afghanistan. the plane which is like this one on the screen did not appear to come under enemy fire. the cause of the
but most republican voters according to a new gallup poll out this morning don't want that. this is still pretty fanciful talk, isn't it? >> i think this is what republicans believe in -- beltway republicans believe in other than santa claus. this is not a serious issue, having a brokered convention where some savior candidate comes in. the nominee is in the race right now. it's a question of sorting out who that will be, probably still mitt romney. >> okay. jake tapper thanks very...
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. >> reporter: whether the polls show it now romney was feeling a bounce after the convention in cincinnati. a long-standing ovation. florida, they joined forces to campaign. >> look, it's time for us to take responsibility for the course of america to get back on track. >> reporter: the president zblsh >> hello, iowa! >> reporter: hit another battle ground state. and belittled the republican affair claiming that romney knows how to create jobs and won't share that secret with voters. >> it was a rerun. you might as well watched it on a black and white tv. there was a lot of talk about hard truths. and bold choices. but nobody actually bothered to tell you what they were. >> during the democratic convention, mitt romney will be in debate preparations. preparing for that critical face-off. very important this cycle. >> thank you. >>> let's bring in george stephanopoulos. great to see you, george. historically, how long do post-convention bounces? >> these are very, very polls right now. race is still as david said basically a tied. one of the things that we have seen many years the conventio
. >> reporter: whether the polls show it now romney was feeling a bounce after the convention in cincinnati. a long-standing ovation. florida, they joined forces to campaign. >> look, it's time for us to take responsibility for the course of america to get back on track. >> reporter: the president zblsh >> hello, iowa! >> reporter: hit another battle ground state. and belittled the republican affair claiming that romney knows how to create jobs and won't share that...
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the latest national poll finds mitt romney hitting 50%, leading president obama by three points. while also narrowing the gap in several key battleground states. last night in ohio, president obama wrapped up a campaign blitz that spanned 6,500 miles and 37 hours. >>> and a horrific story here in new york. a nanny is in custody this morning, accused of fatally stabbing a 2-year-old boy and 6-year-old girl in her care. the children's mother returned home to find the children in the bathtub, as well as the nanny, who police say had turned the knife on herself but survived. no word, yet, on a possible motive for the stabbings. >>> and this morning, wall street is reacting to news that the economy expanded slightly faster than expected last quarter. apple and amazon reported disappointing scales. >>> overseas, remarkable news about malala yousafzai. she's the pakistani girl shot in the head by the taliban because she's an activist for girls' education. she was reunited with her dad in the hospital for the first time. and her doctors say malala is speaking again. and there are no sign
the latest national poll finds mitt romney hitting 50%, leading president obama by three points. while also narrowing the gap in several key battleground states. last night in ohio, president obama wrapped up a campaign blitz that spanned 6,500 miles and 37 hours. >>> and a horrific story here in new york. a nanny is in custody this morning, accused of fatally stabbing a 2-year-old boy and 6-year-old girl in her care. the children's mother returned home to find the children in the...
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they hope romney will keep making comments like this. if you look at the polling, in the key battleground states, obama will have a tough race. >> okay, jake tapper, thanks very much. >>> now to the investigation being launched this morning into a possible radiation leak at the san onofre nuclear power plant in southern california. nearly 7 million people are in the vicinity. david wright has the latest. good morning, david. >> reporter: good morning, robin. the plant's operators insist that at no point were the public or their workers in any danger. southern california edison says that the leak was contained within that dome, but a spokesman for the nuclear regulatory commission said it's possible that minute traces of radiation may have leaked out. workers hoped to get inside the power plant today, to determine what caused the steam tubes of reactor number 3 to leak. 7 million people live in a 50-mile radius. for those living closest, any trouble at san onofre is a cause for concern. >> scary. i admit, it's scary. >> reporter: the plan
they hope romney will keep making comments like this. if you look at the polling, in the key battleground states, obama will have a tough race. >> okay, jake tapper, thanks very much. >>> now to the investigation being launched this morning into a possible radiation leak at the san onofre nuclear power plant in southern california. nearly 7 million people are in the vicinity. david wright has the latest. good morning, david. >> reporter: good morning, robin. the plant's...
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polls show romney getting more votes. president obama with the edge in the key battleground. >> real quick, why do you think the firewall exists in ohio? what is the there in that state? >> the state is different for a couple reasons. for one reason, the unemployment rate is different than actual rate. all arguments about the economy that mitt romney is making may have less resonance. the auto industry. about one in eight folks in ohio have a job somewhat tied to the auto industry. bailout huge for president obama, the old op-ed said let detroit go bankrupt, coming back to haunt him over and over. and neither of the candidates has a demographic lock on ohio. they have trouble with white working class voters, predominant voter in ohio. both are struggling to make the connection. >> and there's a good chance that the buckeye state is going to be a bit of a bear. we may not know the results until november 16 at the earliest. but in terms of moving on, a lot of people are going to be talking about the president's comments to
polls show romney getting more votes. president obama with the edge in the key battleground. >> real quick, why do you think the firewall exists in ohio? what is the there in that state? >> the state is different for a couple reasons. for one reason, the unemployment rate is different than actual rate. all arguments about the economy that mitt romney is making may have less resonance. the auto industry. about one in eight folks in ohio have a job somewhat tied to the auto industry....
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polls show romney was supported by key voting groups who had refused to back him in the past. tea partiers, middle income earners and college grads. at his victory rally he focused on the white house. >> president obama thinks he's doing a good job. i'm not kidding. he actually thinks he's doing a great job. he thinks he's doing an historically great job, like abraham lincoln and lbj and fdr. and, no, he did not say that on "saturday night live." >> even with romney's impressive wins last night, rick santorum and newt gingrich say they will not leave the race, even though folks from the republican party continue to urge them to get out because it's just going to weaken their chances in november. >> some would argue it's time to wave the white flag and get out. they could be staying around to jockey for another position, whether a place on the ticket or secretary of this, secretary of that. romney last night kind of painted the president as out of touch. this his new buzz phrase -- government-centered society, trying to paint the president as someone who wants government to tak
polls show romney was supported by key voting groups who had refused to back him in the past. tea partiers, middle income earners and college grads. at his victory rally he focused on the white house. >> president obama thinks he's doing a good job. i'm not kidding. he actually thinks he's doing a great job. he thinks he's doing an historically great job, like abraham lincoln and lbj and fdr. and, no, he did not say that on "saturday night live." >> even with romney's...
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romney campaign said after the convention, it's going to turn voters against the president. right now the president has a relatively comfortable lead in the electoral college. >>> george has a big show this morning. congresswoman debbie wasserman schul schultz. that's coming up on this "this week." >>> time now for another look at the weather. we go back to ginger. >>> one of my favorite chicago events, is lollapalooza. 100,000 people enjoying not the weather but bands. then this happened, very scary scene. they evacuated all of the people in time before the storms rolled through. that type of energy and storm action is going to move east today. along that cold front, places like buffalo, new york, charleston there, all included in the severe weather threat. i'm going to leave you with some cooler weather. that's the big picture. let's get a check now a little closer to home. >> portland, oregon, yesterday, record high 102. wait until you see the numbers coming up in the pacific northwest. >> even higher than that? oh wow. >> when you go to lollapalooza, you do the dance? >>
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mitt romney is now neck and neck with president obama in the latest polls. >> as voters look for the best man to take on the unpredictable economy. it's tuesday, june 5th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning, everybody. i'm rob nelson. >> i'm paula faris. we'll look at campaign strategies. five months until the election in a moment. >>> then worldwide impact as the number two man in al qaeda may have been killed in a u.s. drone strike. what made him so dangerous that the fbi offered a million-dollar price tag for his head. >> another example of the success of our drone operation overseas. another big fish caught. >>> also this half hour, when mothers take action to protect their kids from bullies. how a nasty situation in florida turned even nastier. we're asking you on facebook this morning, what would you do to protect a child being bullied? >> you don't want to disrupt mother bear. mama bear, right? >> mama grizzly. >>> later this half hour, behind the scenes of queen elizabeth's jubilee concert. how the monarch herself showed everyone why she di
mitt romney is now neck and neck with president obama in the latest polls. >> as voters look for the best man to take on the unpredictable economy. it's tuesday, june 5th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning, everybody. i'm rob nelson. >> i'm paula faris. we'll look at campaign strategies. five months until the election in a moment. >>> then worldwide impact as the number two man in al qaeda may have been killed in a...
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. >> reporter: whether the polls show it now, mitt romney was feeling a bounce after the convention. in cincinnati, a long standing ovation. then, to another toss-up state, florida, where they joined forces to campaign. >> look, it's time for us to take responsibility for the course of america to get us back on track. you can change the course of this country. >> reporter: the president. >> hello, iowa! >> reporter: hit another battleground state on his way to charlotte. and belittled the republican affair claiming that romney says he knows how to create jobs and won't share that secret with voters. and that his economic plan hearkens back to old republican efforts. >> it was a rerun. you might as well have watched it on a black and white tv. there was a lot of talk about hard truths and bold choices. but nobody actually bothered to tell you what they were. >> reporter: the president stays on the road as he heads to charlotte. during the democratic convention, mitt romney will be in debate preparations, preparing for that critical face-off. very important this cycle. bianna. >> david
. >> reporter: whether the polls show it now, mitt romney was feeling a bounce after the convention. in cincinnati, a long standing ovation. then, to another toss-up state, florida, where they joined forces to campaign. >> look, it's time for us to take responsibility for the course of america to get us back on track. you can change the course of this country. >> reporter: the president. >> hello, iowa! >> reporter: hit another battleground state on his way to...
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republicans go to the polls in ten states today for the super tuesday showdown. >> will mitt romney walk away from these races a clear front-runner, or will conservatives show up in big numbers for rick santorum? it's tuesday march 6th. >>> what a big day it's going to be. good morning, everybody. i'm rob nelson. >> and i'm paula faris. we're ready for super tuesday. we've got super tuesday. we've got selection sunday this week. >> i'm more ready for sunday i think. >> mitt romney is expected to do well today despite some mixed polls this week, especially in favorability. we're going to take you to the buckeye state, ohio, which could be the state that could make or break a gop campaign tonight. you know the slogan in ohio is the heart of it all, and that's kind of the heart of the campaign right now. >> it is a huge state to win. that's for sure. see how that's going to turn out a few hours from now. >>> also this morning is rush limbaugh's latest apology to a law student too little too late? his comments, his increasing loss of advertising revenue, and the young woman herself that he c
republicans go to the polls in ten states today for the super tuesday showdown. >> will mitt romney walk away from these races a clear front-runner, or will conservatives show up in big numbers for rick santorum? it's tuesday march 6th. >>> what a big day it's going to be. good morning, everybody. i'm rob nelson. >> and i'm paula faris. we're ready for super tuesday. we've got super tuesday. we've got selection sunday this week. >> i'm more ready for sunday i think....
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the poll finds romney six points now ahead of rick santorum. >> abc's rick klein looks at the race and which state is most important on super tuesday. good morning, rick. >> reporter: rob and paula, ohio is the ball game tuesday. it is a huge opportunity for rick santorum to show he can win a big battleground state, what he failed to do last week in michigan. and it may even be bigger for mitt romney. he can all but end the nomination fight by winning ohio. meanwhile, barbara bush, the former first lady, has recorded a call for mitt romney in ohio. >> hi. this is barbara bush. we have known the romneys for years and believe mitt is the best man to lead the country for the next four years and ann will make a great first lady. >> reporter: that means the republican establishment is falling in line behind mitt romney. this is a statement, a strong signal to the gop rank and file, it's time to coalesce behind the man who is almost certain to be their nominee. and all the candidates have to deal with these controversial comments that rush limbaugh made last week. and this is exactly the kin
the poll finds romney six points now ahead of rick santorum. >> abc's rick klein looks at the race and which state is most important on super tuesday. good morning, rick. >> reporter: rob and paula, ohio is the ball game tuesday. it is a huge opportunity for rick santorum to show he can win a big battleground state, what he failed to do last week in michigan. and it may even be bigger for mitt romney. he can all but end the nomination fight by winning ohio. meanwhile, barbara bush,...
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the poll shows romney with a slight lead overall and a two-point lead among women voters. that's a big shift from just a few weeks ago. the obama campaign and some independent pollsters are questioning the way the poll was conducted. but the romney campaign says it boils down to women just like men being concerned about the economy. the two sides have gone back and forth about romney's work as the head of bain capital, a private investment firm that downsized companies. an independent group of obama supporters released this video about romney's ties to a steel plant in missouri. >> he'll give you the same thing he gave us. nothing. >> reporter: the romney campaign responded with their own video highlighting a different steel plant with a different outcome. >> when others shied away, mitt romney's private sector leadership team stepped in. >> reporter: yesterday former president george w. bush told abc news he is supporting romney. that is not a big surprise, but it was his first public comment on the presidential race. rob and diana? >> he made that comment and shouted out
the poll shows romney with a slight lead overall and a two-point lead among women voters. that's a big shift from just a few weeks ago. the obama campaign and some independent pollsters are questioning the way the poll was conducted. but the romney campaign says it boils down to women just like men being concerned about the economy. the two sides have gone back and forth about romney's work as the head of bain capital, a private investment firm that downsized companies. an independent group of...
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new poll data suggests that romney is not capitalizing from that at all. how big of a problem is this for him given this was his major selling point? >> it's the ball game, bianna, if mitt romney can't convince voters that he would be better for the economy than president obama, under whom there is more than 8.1% unemployment, then mitt romney will not be able to win. he needs to get that number up significantly. it is his, as the french say, his reason for being. if he can't change that number, he might as well go back home. >> and, jake, a lot of focus on what have called on ill-timed response to the anti-american response we saw in egypt last week. but hasn't that obscured one important detail and that president obama has a real foreign policy problem on his hand right now. >> there is no question about it, bianna. this is a very serious issue right now and a very big problem for president obama. most americans according to polls prefer his handling of foreign policies to mitt romney. but this whole crisis throughout the muslim world calls into question
new poll data suggests that romney is not capitalizing from that at all. how big of a problem is this for him given this was his major selling point? >> it's the ball game, bianna, if mitt romney can't convince voters that he would be better for the economy than president obama, under whom there is more than 8.1% unemployment, then mitt romney will not be able to win. he needs to get that number up significantly. it is his, as the french say, his reason for being. if he can't change that...
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>> rob, mitt romney does have that comfortable lead here, more than 20 points in most of the polls we've seen over the last couple of days, but if there's one thing new hampshire voters don't like, and that's a victory party before all of the votes are counted. so mitt romney's campaign is cautiously optimistic at this point, but they're still encouraging their voters to get out to the polls tomorrow. they don't want to take anything for granted, especially with the potential for a surprise from jon huntsman. yes, jon huntsman, who was polling in the single digits just a couple weeks ago, he has been campaigning hard here in new hampshire for months. he skipped iowa, spent all of his time here, put all of his eggs in a new hampshire basket. and they're showing a little bit of a surge in the polls for him right now. he could come out tomorrow night and maybe surprise with a third place, maybe even a second place. and rob and paula, that would really shake up this race. >> karen, thank you so much for joining us live in manchester. and stay warm. all right? >> another shake-up in the gop r
>> rob, mitt romney does have that comfortable lead here, more than 20 points in most of the polls we've seen over the last couple of days, but if there's one thing new hampshire voters don't like, and that's a victory party before all of the votes are counted. so mitt romney's campaign is cautiously optimistic at this point, but they're still encouraging their voters to get out to the polls tomorrow. they don't want to take anything for granted, especially with the potential for a...
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even though the national polls are quite close. one or two-point race, but right now, at least, president obama is leading in enough states to give him well over 300 votes in the electoral college. the romney campaign said after the convention, after the debates, we believe that the state of the economy is going to turn voters against the president. right now, the president has a relatively comfortable lead in the electoral college. >> that is where the race is won. george stephanopoulos, thank you. >>> george has a big show this morning. a face-off between demcratic national committee chair, congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz. and republican national committee reines priebus. that's coming up on this "this week." >>> time now for another look at the weather. we go back to ginger. >>> one of my favorite chicago events is lollapalooza. you get almost 100,000 people enjoying, well, not the weather but bands. then this happened, very scary scene. they evacuated all of the people in time before the storms rolled through. they got a
even though the national polls are quite close. one or two-point race, but right now, at least, president obama is leading in enough states to give him well over 300 votes in the electoral college. the romney campaign said after the convention, after the debates, we believe that the state of the economy is going to turn voters against the president. right now, the president has a relatively comfortable lead in the electoral college. >> that is where the race is won. george stephanopoulos,...
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and polls are saying different things. fox news has romney up 46/44. over obama. gallup has romney up as well. 47/45. and the latest poll in that story, cnn, 52/43. so, obviously, the polls are all over the place here, too. but that gender gap is very real and that's going to become a contentious issue as ann romney, as you heard, going to take center stage. >> that's right. that female vote. the all-important -- >>> moving on. exclusive new details in the scandal rocking the secret service. abc news has learned the agents under investigation were partying at a cartagena brothel. the men were drinking heavily during their night out and enlisted the services of the club's prostitutes. prostitution is legal in parts of colombia. more than ten members of the military have also been implicated in the scandal and that is more than first thought. >> a widening scandal for the white house. >>> the defense secretary is taking some new action to combat sexual assault cases in the military. leon panetta says rape cases should be subject to top-level court-martial reviews as
and polls are saying different things. fox news has romney up 46/44. over obama. gallup has romney up as well. 47/45. and the latest poll in that story, cnn, 52/43. so, obviously, the polls are all over the place here, too. but that gender gap is very real and that's going to become a contentious issue as ann romney, as you heard, going to take center stage. >> that's right. that female vote. the all-important -- >>> moving on. exclusive new details in the scandal rocking the...
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mitt romney is poised to win in illinois, but the polls show the race is very tight. no matter what happens, it's not going to fundamentally change this nomination race. mitt romney and rick santorum scrambling for votes in the land of lincoln. romney admired the famous 16-inch pancakes served at charlie parker's diner in springfield and he saw in them some political symbolism. >> these pancakes are as large as my win in puerto rico last night. >> reporter: the margin was so big that romney picked up all the delegates at stake. romney's built a successful strategy by stringing together big wins in small contests. he's snagged almost all of the delegates up for grabs in the virgin islands, guam, northern marianas and american samoa. romney pulled out tight wins in michigan and ohio. some poll shows illinois looking very similar. romney and his allies are crushing santorum on illinois tv and radio, outspending him by a 7-1 margin. >> he's never run a business or a state. >> on the trail, the candidates have been seriously trading jabs. >> i don't think we're going to re
mitt romney is poised to win in illinois, but the polls show the race is very tight. no matter what happens, it's not going to fundamentally change this nomination race. mitt romney and rick santorum scrambling for votes in the land of lincoln. romney admired the famous 16-inch pancakes served at charlie parker's diner in springfield and he saw in them some political symbolism. >> these pancakes are as large as my win in puerto rico last night. >> reporter: the margin was so big...
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romney acknowledging that some of the polls show him behind president obama. but he pointed to the first presidential debate less than a week from now as a potential turning point in the race. >>> in new york it was a rough ride for nearly 200 people aboard a brazilian jetliner from rio. they were bracing for a crash landing at kennedy airport because the landing gear was stuck sideways. you can see it there. the pilot circled twice before touching down. the nose gear seemed to miraculously straighten itself out just before the plane hit the tarmac. thankfully no one was injured. but some anxious moments aboard that plane. >>> airlines across the country are raking in big profits from what used to be a free service. they're pocketing billions of dollars in baggage fees all coming at the expense of fed up passengers. abc's brandi hitt has the story. >> reporter: checking your bag at the airport has added up to big business for u.s. airlines. so big airlines raked in record profits from each and every luggage fee according to a new federal report. >> it's outrag
romney acknowledging that some of the polls show him behind president obama. but he pointed to the first presidential debate less than a week from now as a potential turning point in the race. >>> in new york it was a rough ride for nearly 200 people aboard a brazilian jetliner from rio. they were bracing for a crash landing at kennedy airport because the landing gear was stuck sideways. you can see it there. the pilot circled twice before touching down. the nose gear seemed to...
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that gallup tracking poll will be a concern for the romney campaign. that's the poll they've been pointing to make the case this is still a dead heat race. but the president taking the lead in that poll, as well. we asked the governor about these poll numbers as a new ad comes out this morning from the president. he's trying to keep that lead. >> read my plan. >> reporter: this morning, a rare and new two-minute pitch. a new ad from president obama, up in 17 battleground states, as he tries to shape the final weeks of this quickly shifting race. >> there will be debates, speeches and more ads. but if i could sit down with you in your living room or around the kitchen table, here's what i'd say. >> reporter: it comes as the president is buoyed by strong poll numbers in crucial states, ohio and florida. we asked the governor about the ten-point lead in ohio. what do you say to your donors who might be concerned this could be slipping away? >> i'm very pleased with some polls. less so with others. but frankly, at this early stage, polls go up and polls go
that gallup tracking poll will be a concern for the romney campaign. that's the poll they've been pointing to make the case this is still a dead heat race. but the president taking the lead in that poll, as well. we asked the governor about these poll numbers as a new ad comes out this morning from the president. he's trying to keep that lead. >> read my plan. >> reporter: this morning, a rare and new two-minute pitch. a new ad from president obama, up in 17 battleground states, as...